2026 Construction Compensation Report Preview

2026 Construction Compensation Report Preview

The 2026 Amundson Group Construction Compensation Report drops this summer. Built from our own placement data across the Sun Belt, not a survey. Median base, signing bonus frequency, vehicle allowance, and time to fill for 15 roles across 21 metros and 8 sectors.

Why this matters: every major recruiting firm in tech publishes a compensation report. Heidrick, Korn Ferry, Levels.fyi, Pave. In construction, nobody does at this granularity. The data that exists (BLS, industry associations) is slow, stale, too broad, and never broken down by role x metro the way hiring managers and candidates actually need.

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What is in the report

  • Base salary 25th / 50th / 75th percentile for 15 roles
  • Signing bonus frequency and median amount by role
  • Vehicle and truck allowance median by role
  • Total comp (base + signing + vehicle) 50th percentile
  • Time to fill median by role (intake to offer accepted)
  • Year over year change by role and metro

Roles covered

  • Project Manager, Senior Project Manager (Commercial Construction)
  • Superintendent, General Superintendent (Commercial Construction)
  • Estimator, Senior Estimator (Commercial Construction)
  • Foreman (Heavy Civil)
  • Project Manager (Heavy Civil)
  • Project Manager (Paving)
  • Estimator (Paving)
  • Project Manager (Data Center)
  • Superintendent (Data Center)
  • Project Manager (Bridge)
  • Project Manager (Water / Wastewater)
  • Survey, Scheduling, and Fleet roles (aggregated)

Metros covered

Primary 12: Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, Orlando, Tampa.

Secondary 9 (where sample supports): Charleston, Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, Greensboro, Asheville, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Kansas City.

Methodology

Primary data is Amundson Group’s own placement records over the trailing 12 months. Every role placed, with base salary, signing bonus, vehicle allowance, benefits summary, location, sector, years of experience banded, and placement date. Aggregated to role x metro x band, with minimum cell size of 5 placements. Below that threshold cells are rolled up to state or suppressed. Secondary triangulation against BLS OES May 2025 and Turner Building Cost Index for cost of living adjustments. Zero individual identification. No named clients in the dataset.

Timeline

  • Weeks 1 to 2: data pull + QA
  • Weeks 3 to 5: analysis, insight hunting, chart build
  • Weeks 6 to 7: interactive page build + press outreach
  • Week 8: launch with embargoed preview to top trade press

Earliest launch date if data source confirms this week: 2026-06-15.

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